Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Stutsman County, North Dakota, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Stutsman County is a court case in the Stutsman County District Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the North Dakota Department of Transportation. This guide says which court takes the ticket, who writes them and where the driving record lives.
This guide covers where tickets go, who writes them, the driving record, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Stutsman County public records, Stutsman County arrest records, Stutsman County warrants, Stutsman County inmate search, Stutsman County criminal records, North Dakota arrest records and North Dakota inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Stutsman County Goes
Tickets in Stutsman County are split by who wrote them: the Stutsman County District Court for deputies and troopers, the municipal courts for city officers in the cities that run one. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at ndcourts.gov/court-locations/stutsman-county (page title: North Dakota Court System | Stutsman County), phone 701-253-6243, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry is the North Dakota courts' free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Stutsman County
The Stutsman County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Jamestown write the traffic tickets in Stutsman County.
The Driving Record and the North Dakota Department of Transportation
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, which adds each conviction the court reports and handles suspensions; the court does not issue driving records.
Paying a ticket is a conviction, reported to the North Dakota Department of Transportation like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Department of Transportation (see Stutsman County DUI).
Cities in Stutsman County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Stutsman County District Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Stutsman County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Jamestown (15,789)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Stutsman County?
With the Stutsman County District Court, whose page SearchSystems verified is at ndcourts.gov/court-locations/stutsman-county, phone 701-253-6243; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in North Dakota?
The North Dakota Department of Transportation. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Stutsman County?
The Stutsman County District Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Is this the official Stutsman County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.